Peace River Watershed

General Information

What is a Watershed?

A watershed (also called a drainage basin) is an area on the land surface from which water flows or has the potential to flow to a common destination.
Watersheds are naturally separated from adjacent basins by topographic divides.
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Description

The Peace River Watershed
is located within Charlotte Harbor NEP and spans 2,334.5 square miles.
The watershed contains
258 named lakes/ponds,
112 named rivers/streams/canals and
2 named bays/bayous.

Drainage Basins

Watersheds are areas of land with waterways that flow to a common destination. The boundaries between watersheds are elevated areas called divides. In this Atlas, the watersheds are composed of groups of creeks that flow to a single bay or group of bays. Drainage basins are subunits of watersheds and are defined by the main creek that flows through them. Charlotte Harbor NEP has five watersheds, named after the bays or river, and 19 drainage basins, named after the creeks. Stormwater improvements to reduce flooding and improve water quality are based on the drainage basin unit.
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Weather

The map below has icons denoting the locations of weather observation sites used by
weather.com near Peace River Watershed (highlighted in blue).
Click on an icon for a weather summary which includes current temperature, cloud conditions, humidity level, wind speed/direction,
today's high and low temperature forecast, and summary forecast for the next four days.
Weather.com data is a service of The Weather Channel, a 24-hour,
7-day network providing weather information via cable TV, internet, and radio.

Air Quality Index

Air Quality and EPA's Air Quality Index

The AQI is an index for reporting daily air quality. It tells you how clean
or polluted your air is, and what associated health effects might be a concern for
you. The AQI focuses on health effects you may experience within a few hours or days
after breathing polluted air. EPA calculates the AQI for five major air pollutants regulated
by the Clean Air Act: ground-level ozone, particle pollution (also known as particulate matter),
carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide. For each of these pollutants, EPA has
established national air quality standards to protect public health. (From EPA's AIRNow)

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